María Marín
Colombian volleyball player
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María Alejandra Marín Verhelst (born 4 November 1995) is a Colombian volleyball player. She is part of the Colombia women's national volleyball team.
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| Full name | María Alejandra Marín Verhelst | ||||||||
| Nationality | Colombian | ||||||||
| Born | 4 November 1995 | ||||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||
| Spike | 281 cm (111 in) | ||||||||
| Block | 270 cm (106 in) | ||||||||
| College / University | Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar | ||||||||
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| Current club | São José dos Pinhais | ||||||||
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Career
With Bolivar, she won the 2010 Colombian Youth National Championship and the 2010 Colombian Junior Championship.[1] She claimed the fifth place in the 2010 Youth South American Championship held in Peru.[2][3]
She won the silver medal in the 2011 Colombia Junior Championship, representing Bolivar[4] and later she won with Bolivar the 2011 Inter Schools Championships.[5]
2013
In the 2013 Copa Latina, she won with her national team the gold medal and the Best Setter award.[6] In June she traveled to Brno, Czech Republic, to play the 2013 FIVB U20 World Championship, ending up in the 13th place.[7] She finished the pool play round as the top setter; she recalled that she found very important spending four months practicing together and would like to have faced the tournament with even harder strength.[8] She won the 2013 Colombian Championship in the senior category with Bolivar.[9] She won the 2013 Bolivarian Games bronze medal with her national team.[10]
2014
Marín won with Bolivar the 2014 Colombian National Senior Championship played in Cali.[11] In August 2014, Gómez won the silver medal in the 2014 U22 South American Championship.[12]
She won the Best Setter award in the 2014 U23 Pan-American Cup.[13]
2015
On club level she played for Liga Bolivarense in 2015.[14] With Liga Bolivarense she claimed the 2015 National Games championship[15] over the Antioquia team[16] without losing a single set in the whole tournament.[17] In the 2015 South American Championship, she won the bronze medal with her national team and was awarded tournament's Best Setter.[18]
2016
Marín joined the French club ASPTT Mulhouse.[19] She helped Bolivar to win the 2016 Colombian U21 National Championship.[20] She won the 2016 U22 South American Championship silver medal and the Best Setter and Most Valuable Player awards.[21]
She was awarded 2016 Volleyball player of the year by the Colombian Volleyball Federation and the Colombia Olympic Committee.[22]
2017
With ASPTT Mulhouse, Marín won the 2016/17 French Championship.[23] After returning from France, she won the 2017 Colombian Senior Championship as the captain of the Bolivar team, their fifth championship.[24] She played with her national senior team the 2017 South American Championship,[25] winning the silver medal when they lost 0–3 to Brazil, winning the Best Setter individual award.[26] She played in October the 2018 FIVB World Championship CSV qualification tournament, but her team could not get a berth for next year competition.[27]
She won the bronze medal in the 2017 Bolivarian Games under 23 tournament.[28] She won the 2017 Volleyball player of the year in December, 2017.[29]
Personal life
She studied in the Institución Educativa Soledad Acosta de Samper (I.E.S.A.S.) high school[30] and as of 2015 she was studying Business Administration in the Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar.[31]
Awards
Individuals
- 2013 Copa Latina "Best Setter"
- 2014 U23 Pan-American Cup "Best Setter"
- 2015 South American Championship "Best Setter"
- 2016 U22 South American Championship "Most Valuable Player"
- 2016 U22 South American Championship "Best Setter"
- 2017 South American Championship "Best Setter"
- 2021 South American Championship "Best Setter"
Clubs
- 2014 Colombian Championship –
Champion, with Liga Bolivarense - 2016-17 French Championship – Champion, with ASPTT Mulhouse
- 2017 Colombian Championship – Champion, with Liga Bolivarense
- 2018 Superliga B - Vice campeã
